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As one critic wrote, the Moleskines’ prospective buyers were being offered the fantasy of being able “to write in a blank space that Didion might once have intended to use herself.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

With limited data available and disagreements among policymakers, markets appear to be reading far more into comments—and reacting much more strongly—than policymakers might have intended.

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

While Cutler might not have intended that, it put my grief into perspective, and for that I am grateful.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024

He's not the first celebrity to reveal more about his inner life than he may have intended.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

That is, Mr Coldfield seems not to have intended it to be.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner